I Think I Was Able To Survive

We Live In A Free Society, And Freedom Means Freedom For Everybody. We Shouldn't Be Able To Choose And Say, 'you Get To Live Free And You Don't.' That Means People Should Be Free To Enter Into Any Kind Of Relationship They Want To Enter Into. Like Joe (lieberman), I'm Also Wrestling With The Extent To Which There Ought To Be Legal Sanction Of Those Relationships. I Think We Ought To Do Everything We Can To Tolerate And Accommodate Whatever Kind Of Relationships People Want To Enter Into.

We Need, From Time To Time, To Use Military Force Or All Of The Resources At Our Command In Order To Defend The Nation And Defend Our Friends. Sometimes, That Requires Us To Take Actions That Generate Controversy. I Think There Are Probably Some Who Actually Believe, If We Just Go Talk Nice To These Folks, Everything Is Going To Be Ok. I Don't Think The World Works That Way.

The Greatest Threat Now Is A 9/11 Occurring With A Group Of Terrorists Armed Not With Airline Tickets And Box Cutters, But With A Nuclear Weapon In The Middle Of One Of Our Own Cities...there's A High Probability Of Such An Attempt.

As A Former Secretary Of Defense, I Think Donald Rumsfeld Is The Best Secretary Of Defense The United States Has Ever Had.

From Kindergarten To Graduation, I Went To Public Schools, And I Know That They Are A Key To Being Sure That Every Child Has A Chance To Succeed And To Rise In The World.